| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Petrosian vs Kholmov |
 | 0-1 | 72 |
1947 |
URS-ch sf | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 2. Petrosian vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 32 |
1949 |
USSR Championship | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 3. Petrosian vs Bronstein |
| ½-½ | 59 |
1951 |
USSR Championship | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 4. Petrosian vs Botvinnik |
| 1-0 | 66 |
1963 |
Petrosian-Botvinnik World Championship Match | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 5. Petrosian vs Najdorf |
| ½-½ | 33 |
1963 |
First Piatigorsky Cup | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 6. Petrosian vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 63 |
1976 |
USSR Championship | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 7. Petrosian vs Korchnoi |
| ½-½ | 15 |
1977 |
Il Ciocco 23/(588) | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 8. Petrosian vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1977 |
Ch URS ( cat. 12 ) | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 9. Petrosian vs Dzindzichashvili |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1978 |
Hastings 1977/78 | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 10. Petrosian vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 15 |
1979 |
Russia, Spartakiada URS, Moscow | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 11. Petrosian vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1981 |
Moscow INT | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 12. Petrosian vs Portisch |
| ½-½ | 13 |
1981 |
It ( cat. 15 ) | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
